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> On 28 Jul 2003 at 18:57, Russ wolfe wrote: > > > Yes, but web sites don't have to be that way. If the owner > of the site > > cared, they would accept all browsers. > > They still have to know enough to realize that there are > compatability issues. > I've got a very smart student working for me who noticed that > I use Opera, so > he asked me to look at his web site. Turned out that not > everything he did > worked with Opera. He had just tried it with IE and Netscape. > Needless to say > he was annoyed because he THOUGHT he'd been careful. The only > way to be totally > compatable is to either check with every available brouser, > or keep things very > simple. I would prefer the latter as the fancy stuff just > takes longer to > download, without any increase in real content. I know we have to move onto Type 3 content but I have to get my 2 cents in. Even though most people have issue with Microsoft, IE is really the most progressive in terms of what it can handle from a sites script, including javascript, html, perl etc. Netscape has not kept up with the times and does not support all the scripting that IE does, it can't even read some basic html tags. As a web developer you really what to be able to use the latest technology on your pages and other browsers just don't support all the scripting available. This is especially true with the portal technology that most buisness' are using, it takes complex sql and database scripts to keep track of orders, inventory etc. You need the latest software to read these scripts. BTW, Opera is based on the IE engine. My 2 cents, Jason Smith 71 Square FI AT Columbus, OH USA http://jasontsmith.tripod.com/vw.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org